From Ferdinand von Mueller to William Nicholson   27 Mar 1860

Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden,

27. March 1860.

Sir

I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the following expenditure during the quarter ending 30th June 1860, vize

C.S. Div. 19. Salaries & wages:

1, wages according to scale of proceeding quarter

£1120

2, labour by the job

80

£1200

C.S. Div. 21. Expense of publishing in Melbourne a work on the indigenous plants of Victoria

80

C.S. Conting.1 Div. 55, 18. Incidental expenses including such as are incurred during the latter part of the proceeding quarter

30

Food & forage

30

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient and humble servant

Ferd. Mueller.

The honorable the Chief Secretary

&c &c &c2

continuing?

Approval for M's request was minuted to this letter.

Please cite as “FVM-60-03-27,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/60-03-27